Improvement in drivers  seats for horse-powers



J'. B. HUTCHINSON.

DRIVERS SEAT FOR HORSE-POWERS.

Patented May 2, 1876 .7

4 INV'EN/TOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JEEIIAL B.HUTOHINSON, OF SPRING VALLEY, MINNESOTA.

\ IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVERS SEATS FOR HORSE-PCWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,959, dated May 2,1876; application filed April 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JEHIAL B. HUTOH IINSON, of Spring Valley, in the county of Fillmore and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in thereof, andFig. 3 is a perspective view of the platform folded up;

This invention has relation to improvements in drivers seats forhorse-powers; and it consists in a circular platform composed of anumber of sectors hinged together upon their radial edges, two or moreof which seetors are detachable from the others, whereby a means isprovided for removably applying the platform to the center-piece of ahorsepower, and for folding the sectors the one upon the other, incompact form, for transportation, as will'be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates my improved platform,which is preferably circular, but may be of the form of a polygon havingas many sides as there are sectors of which it is composed. Thesesectors (designated by the letter a in the drawings) are connectedtogether by means of suitable hinges b, in two sections, B B, the formerhaving, at or near its radial edges, staples c, and the latter, upon itsedges or near the same, hasps d, adapted to be passed over the saidstaples, and to secure the said sections together around the center orpivot of the horse-power, as shown in Fig. 1. If these-hasps bedisengagedfrom the staples the two sections may be taken from around thepivot, and their respective sectors folded up the one upon the other,causing them to occupy but little space during transportation.

0 represents strips of metal or wood secured to the under side ofsectors a, near their radial edges, and at such a distance therefromthat when they are placed around the center of the power the sweeps willbe snuglyreceived between them and hold the platform steady.

D indicates a wooden or metallic stool arranged over a central openingin the. platform, and provided with strongly-constructed legs f, thelower ends of which are received into perforations or sockets formed insectors a. When thus mounted the legs of the chair -will serve to bracethe sectors together near turn rapidly in an opposite direction from thedirection of movement of the platform, thus enabling him to incite asluggish animal in whatever part of the power he may be hitched.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a horse-power, a sectional platform, the parts of which areadapted to .be clamped around the center or pivot bolt of the power,substantially as specified.

2. A drivers' platform for horse-powers, made of sections composed ofthe sectors a, hinged together upon their radial edges, substantially asset forth.

3. The sectional horse power platform, made up of the sectors a, adaptedto fold the one upon the other, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JEHIAL B. HUTOHINSON..

Witnesses:

J. Q. FARMER, A. R. HoLMAN.

